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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11437
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14438
13 Actual Demand 11158
14 Aggregate Planning 12085
15 Air Cargo 10019
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6602
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34788
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15302
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19134
20 Assembly Line 22223
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22910
22 Average Speed of Answer 26514
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23022
24 Batch Production 38221
25 Bill Discounting 14441
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11135
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7099
28 Blanket Release 9959
29 Bonded Warehouse 10022
30 Booking Number 13703
31 Bottleneck 9448
32 Buffer Stock 59084
33 Build to Stock 12881
34 Bullwhip Effect 9518
35 Business Logistics 25532
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12518
37 Capacity Management 40312
38 Capacity Utilization 14030
39 Capital Intensive 8344
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8657
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12062
42 Certified Supplier 8932
43 Channel Effectiveness 8889
44 Co-Destiny 9241
45 Co-managed Inventory 12409
46 Co-Packers 11716
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6808
48 Computer-Based Training 7650
49 Consular Invoice 19673
50 Container Depot 10561
51 Container Freight Station 10241
52 Continuous Replenishment 19412
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12023
54 Contract Carrier 7294
55 Contract of Affreightment 11366
56 Control Charts 7916
57 Cost Flow 10218
58 Courier Service 15164
59 CPFR 8171
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11733
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44007
62 Date Code 18136
63 Days of Supply 19758
64 Dead on Arrival 9178
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7263
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8056
67 Detective Control 8865
68 Devanning 14169
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10816
70 Dispatching 24362
71 Distributed Inventory 8306
72 Distribution Channel Management 34590
73 Distribution Metrics 9036
74 Distribution Planning 24135
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15147
76 Double Marginalization 52559
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22229
78 Dual 5404
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20540
80 Echelon Inventory 26119
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38198
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49524
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7569
84 Efficient Frontier 25374
85 Engineer-to-Order 31648
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16332
87 Erlang B Formula 9305
88 ETD 8282
89 Ex Works 7799
90 Exception Rate 13417
91 Exponential smoothing 9782
92 External Growth 10016
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9377
94 Field Services 7710
95 Field Warehouse 10234
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8703
97 Fishbone Diagram 14553
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26925
99 Flow Through Distribution 12256
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8120
101 FOB Destination 12967
102 Forward buying 30003
103 Freight Charge 10277
104 Freight Consolidation 7487
105 Gantt Chart 8252
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11668
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29498
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12627
109 Hub 23343
110 Idle Time 8019
 
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